It sounds like a software thing to me. So if it is, what would one do if
their BIOS died?

> Sounds like one of a few things.
>
> 1. Your power supply died. Does the cd/dvd tray run in
> and out when the button is pushed?
>
> 2. Your bios died. But then I would think the monitor
> would do something besides black screen.
>
> 3. Oh, boy, now what! Possibly the video card?? If you
> have a spare video card, or on another machine of the
> correct type, try that.
>
> 4. Monitor is not coming up..dead or ?? Try a
> different monitor. Plug monitor into another machine
> and see if it light up and works? Check the power cord
> for the monitor, yeah, I know you already did but do
> it again.
>
> 5. Bad monitor cable? Never seen one, but always a
> first.
>
> A truly blank screen says that the box isn't talking
> to the monitor.
>
> Did you check the video cable to make sure it didn't
> wiggle loose..should be 'screwed' in but sometimes...
> people just push them on. Is the video card (if a
> seperate card) seated?
>
> Ed
>
> --- Josef Lowder <joe@actionline.com> wrote:
>
>> .
>> I have a Dell GX260 with Intel P-4 2-Gig processor,
>> 512mb ram,
>> 40-gig HD, and XP installed.  After I booted from a
>> Linux live
>> CD and started to install, I defragged and then used
>> Knoppix
>> QTParted to resize the HD to 22-gig for XP and the
>> remainder
>> (about 16-gig) to be used to install Linux.
>>
>> However, when I tried to restart the computer to
>> begin the
>> installation, I have only a blank screen and cannot
>> even
>> get to the bios.  I can't boot from HD, CD, or
>> floppy.
>>
>> How can I restore access to the bios and get this
>> thing
>> back on track?
>>
>>
>>
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